Nargis Fakhri has revealed that she cried over rumours about her relationship with Ranbir Kapoor.

The former model made her acting debut opposite the star in the melodrama Rockstar.

She told The Times of India: "One of my Australian friends Emile came to the set [of Rockstar] and I introduced him to Ranbir, who saw him, and said 'He is freaking handsome' and could not believe that we were just friends and were not having an affair.

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"I am not averse to having an affair, but hot men mean nothing to me. I also read about [director] Imtiaz Ali and I having an affair and I cried.

"I would never ever work with a director who would want that from me in exchange for giving me work. I would only have an affair with a person whom I love."

Fakhri added that her career in Bollywood stalled after the film was released, despite its box-office success.

"It was extremely hard for me as I was totally unsupported in India, with no family or friends, did not know the language, was not a trained actress, did not have a godfather, needed to look after my mother and was financially struggling needing to pay my bills. I am now in the process of signing two interesting films," she said.